Hispanic Influence in the US
Three states with the highest Hispanic population in the U.S.
What are California, Texas, and Florida?
It is the longest country in the world, and has the oldest and driest desert in the world
What is Chile?
This country is credited with bringing the Spanish language to the Americas
What is Spain?
This is the most popular sport in Cuba
What is baseball?
What is Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Antonio, El Paso, Las Vegas, Santa Fe? (Any many others)
This country is the birthplace of potatoes and surfing
What is Peru?
Natives of this country call themselves ticos and ticas
What is Costa Rica?
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated during this date each year
What is September 15 to October 15
Three words borrowed into English from Spanish
What is fiesta, taco, pinata, rodeo, patio, salsa
Bogota is the capital of this country
What is Colombia?
More than three-quarters of this country's population lives on less than $1.90 a day
What is Venezuela? $1.90 a day is the benchmark for extreme poverty
This country is home to 37 volcanos
What is Guatemala?
Two common Tex Mex foods served at Mexican restaurants in the US?
The Taino people inhabited the main island for thousands of years before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1493.
What is Puerto Rico? He stayed on the island for just two days, yet he claimed it as a Spanish colony.
95% of this country's population are European descent, mostly from Italy, Spain and Germany
What is Argentina? Much of the native population died from diseases brought in by Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The first Latina in space
Who is Ellen Ochoa? In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Two Hispanic cities settled before Plymouth, Massachusetts
What are St. Augustine, Florida and Santa Fe, New Mexico
These three US states formerly belonged to Mexico
What is California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and New Mexico, along with most of Arizona and Colorado, and some of Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming
“Punta” is the most famous traditional music in this country.
What is Honduras? African rhythms and Spanish lyrics combined with energetic drumming create this exciting music style.
This country generates more than 99% of its electricity using renewable energy
What is the Costa Rica? The country generates most of its energy using five renewable sources: hydropower, wind, geothermal energy, biomass, and solar.